Assistant Professor
University of Missouri–St. Louis
United States
Stephanie Van Stee is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication at UMSL. She earned her B.A. at Hope College and a Ph.D. at the University of Kentucky in communication. She also worked as a postdoctoral research associate at the University of Kentucky for one year before coming to UMSL.
Her research interests focus on persuasive health messages. In particular, she is interested in message design for campaigns and interventions, with a specific focus on health messages targeted to populations who experience substantial health disparities. She has worked on many research projects, some of which have focused on smoking prevention, condom use, and mental health.
Dr. Van Stee teaches courses in interpersonal communication, research methods, and health communication at the undergraduate level. She will also teach courses at the graduate level in future semesters. Most of her classes are taught face-to-face, but she has also taught interpersonal communication in a four-week summer session; the course was developed through her participation in the Center for Teaching and Learning’s Online in Nine Program for online course development.